Maggie Creamer
Graduate Student (PhD Animal Behavior)
B.S. Psychology, University of North Carolina (2016)
Maggie will be assessing how beef cattle personality types influence grazing distribution on extensive rangeland.
Contact: mlcreamer@ucdavis.edu
Kaleiah Schiller
Graduate Student (PhD Animal Biology)
B.S. Animal Science, University of Wisconsin-River Falls (2017)
Kaleiah will be investigating the relationship between individual differences in stress coping and maternal responsiveness in ewes.
Contact: kmschiller@ucdavis.edu
Claire Jones
Graduate Student (PhD Animal Behavior)
MSc Animal Biology, UC Davis (2021)
BA Animal Behavior, Hampshire College (2017)
Claire will examine the relationship between the complexity of rearing environment and proper development of depth perception in egg laying hens.
Contact: clajones@ucdavis.edu
Yasmeen Ghavamian
Graduate Student (PhD Animal Biology)
BA Biology, Sonoma State University (2018)
MS Biology, Sonoma State University (2020)
Yasmeen will be investigating the captive wolf personality assessment and the relationship of such traits to cognitive engagement (i.e., problem solving, challenge-seeking behavior).
Contact: yghavamian@ucdavis.edu
Alumni
Catie McVey
Graduate Student (PhD Animal Biology)
BSc Animal Science and Statistics, North Carolina State University (2016)
MSc Livestock Systems, Colorado State University (2019)
MS Applied Statistics, Colorado State University (2019)
PhD Animal Biology, University of California, Davis (2022)
Catie explored novel analytical approaches to the evaluation of livestock big data sources (imaging, on-animal sensors, RFID logs).
Contact: cgmcvey@ucdavis.edu